Re: [SLE] YOU nVidia Update Freezes Laptop
From: Chadley Wilson (chadley_at_pinteq.co.za)
Date: 10/20/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:33:20 +0200
On Wednesday 20 October 2004 03:25, Scott Leighton wrote:
> On Sunday 17 October 2004 11:31 pm, peter Nikolic wrote:
> > I had similar once with the Desktop box here and found the fault in
> > XF86Config ,,,
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > BoardName "GeForce FX5200"
> > BusID "1:0:0"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > Identifier "Device[0]"
> > Option "sw_cursor"
> > Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
> > Option "NvAGP" "3"
> > Screen 0
> > VendorName "NVidia"
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > the three option lines may need looking into as above ..
> >
> > Pete .
>
> OK, I'm finally up again after my 4th reinstall. I have not accepted the
> nvidia driver update from YOU, so the display at least works but has the
> problem of a completely screwed up display on the console once X is started
> (switching back with ctrl-alt-f1 gives an unreadable display that rapidly
> scrolls up the screen). Same on shutdown.
>
> So, how do I change the settings in XF86config? Sax2 doesn't give all of
> the possible options. The XF86config file itself is plastered with notices
> NOT to manually edit the file.
>
> What's the correct way to fiddle with the settings to see if I can get
> this display problem fixed before I try downloading the nvidia driver
> update?
>
> Scott
Dude your are not the first with this problem, all of my systems with 4X agp
do this. I found that you manually download the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia,
which is what the script does anyway. switch the system to init 3 from a
terminal as root.
cd in the directory where you download the Nvidia instaler to and run it with
sh nvi...... . then before you start X vi /etc/X11/XF86config-4 and go to
the device section.
In there change the driver "nv" to "nvidia" and add a line
Option "NvAGP" "1"
directly below it, save the file exit,
run "sync" so that if it freezes you don't get file system corruption if it
does freeze.
Then type X if it starts without freezing you Aok, <ctrl>-<alt><backspace> to
exit "X" the init 5 back to your Gui
There is a comprehensive Readme in /usr/share/doc/Nvidia check it out.
Cheers
>
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